Garfield

1988 – 1994 242 episodes

Garfield's sarcastic commentary, expressed through thought bubbles in the paper, were here done via voiceover. Lorenzo Music, previously Carlton the Doorman on the sitcom Rhoda, supplied the cat's superbly deadpan voice.

Episode guide

  1. Peace & Quiet

    September 17, 1988 Season 1, no. 101-A TV Episode Film Roman

    While Garfield stays up late watching TV, Jon tries to make everything quiet for Garfield. Garfield later finds out it's his birthday, but then Binky the Clown shows up and chases Garfield,…

  2. Garfield Goes Hawaiian

    September 17, 1988 Season 1, no. 101-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield comes down with a rare Hawaiian flu. Jon gets the idea of going on a talent show with Garfield. Garfield recovers, Jon gets the money for impersonating Garfield acting Hawaiian.

  3. Box O' Fun

    September 24, 1988 Season 1, no. 102-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Jon has to study for a test. Garfield and Odie pretend various adventures in a cardboard box.

  4. School Daze

    September 24, 1988 Season 1, no. 102-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield is sent to obedience school, but he eventually escapes.

  5. Nighty Nightmare

    October 1, 1988 Season 1, no. 103-A TV Episode Film Roman

    After eating a whole pizza, Garfield has a nightmare: Garfield dreams he becomes a giant like Godzilla and the military comes to defeat him.

  6. Ode To Odie

    October 1, 1988 Season 1, no. 103-C TV Episode Film Roman

    A rap about Odie told by Garfield; this episode shows Odie being bullied by a mean dog.

  7. Fraidy Cat

    October 8, 1988 Season 1, no. 104-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield and Odie watch a horror movie while Jon is out of the house; The electricity goes out and Garfield and Odie become scared and think Jon has been captured by a monster.

  8. Nothing To Sneeze At

    October 8, 1988 Season 1, no. 104-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield sneezes a lot, Dr. Liz Wilson the vet goes out with Jon, Garfield finds out he is allergic to Jon's jacket.

  9. Garfield's Moving Experience

    October 15, 1988 Season 1, no. 105-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield is taken home by a little girl who doesn't feed him well and makes him dress funny.

  10. Good Mousekeeping

    October 15, 1988 Season 1, no. 105-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Floyd- Garfield's mouse friend- and Tyrone- another mouse- show up. Tyrone feels insulted that Garfield doesn't chase him.

  11. Identity Crisis

    October 22, 1988 Season 1, no. 106-A TV Episode Film Roman

    A dogcatcher, dog, Garfield, Floyd Mouse and a bird get confused about who is which animal.

  12. Up A Tree

    October 22, 1988 Season 1, no. 106-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Nermal, the world's cutest cat, visits Garfield. He is annoyed and goes up in a tree. Nermal follows, and neither can get down. Nermal is rescued, but Garfield is left up the tree by the fi…

  13. Weighty Problem

    October 29, 1988 Season 1, no. 107-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Jon gets a talking scale. Garfield tampers with the scale forcing Jon to diet, but the scale squeals on Garfield.

  14. Good Cat Bad Cat

    October 29, 1988 Season 1, no. 107-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield does bad stuff when he pushes most of Jon's furniture onto the floor.

  15. Cabin Fever

    November 5, 1988 Season 1, no. 108-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield, Jon and Odie travel to a country cabin. While Jon heads out to get groceries, a heavy snowstorm erupts and Odie and Garfield are trapped.

  16. Fair Exchange

    November 5, 1988 Season 1, no. 108-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield switches heads and bodies with Jon.

  17. The Binky Show

    November 12, 1988 Season 1, no. 109-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield goes on the Binky Show to win a birthday present for Jon Arbuckle.

  18. Don't Move!

    November 12, 1988 Season 1, no. 109-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Odie tags along with Garfield to a fish store. Garfield tells Odie to stay put outside and this cartoon follows the adventures of Odie as he unwittingly travels from one place to another.

  19. Magic Mutt

    November 19, 1988 Season 1, no. 110-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield goes with Jon to a magic store to get stuff for Jon's magic act for sick children in the hospital.

  20. Monday Misery

    November 19, 1988 Season 1, no. 110-C TV Episode Film Roman

    This cartoon describes Mondays and why Garfield hates them. Garfield mails himself to Samoa to get away but finds out Monday is just beginning...

  21. Best Of Breed

    November 26, 1988 Season 1, no. 111-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield, Nermal and some other cats are in a contest. Garfield makes a balloon with a remote control and Nermal is inside flying away.

  22. All About Odie

    November 26, 1988 Season 1, no. 111-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield answers people's questions about Odie, and uses a cherry pie chart.

  23. Caped Avenger

    December 3, 1988 Season 1, no. 112-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield- as his Caped Avenger alter ego- searches for Pooky his Teddy Bear, but finds out Jon had it washed.

  24. Green Thumbs Down

    December 3, 1988 Season 1, no. 112-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Jon buys a plant from a very vision-impaired person. Because of this impairment, he sells Jon a man-eating plant. Garfield saves Jon and Odie by using a blender and the salesperson bursts i…

  25. Forget Me Not

    December 10, 1988 Season 1, no. 113-A TV Episode Film Roman

    Garfield will love a girlfriend if he can lie in the street and Jon Arbuckle finds him and puts him to bed. After being hit on the head by a empty pie pan, Garfield loses his memory and his…

  26. Sales Resistance

    December 10, 1988 Season 1, no. 113-C TV Episode Film Roman

    Jon is angry at Garfield buying everything from TV and threatens him with no lasagna for the rest of his life if he buys another thing.

  27. Pest Of A Guest

    September 16, 1989 Season 2, no. 201-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon takes in a stray cat. The stray makes himself a pest. Garfield tricks the Stray into thinking Jon is going to eat him.

  28. Fat & Furry

    September 16, 1989 Season 2, no. 201-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield buys a winning lottery ticket. Jon, Garfield and Odie are rich! But by the end of the episode Garfield admits he purchased the ticket and being under 18, he is ineligible for the p…

  29. Rip Van Kitty

    September 16, 1989 Season 2, no. 202-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield, Jon, Odie and Nermal are having a picnic at a Park. Garfield dreams that he sleeps for 20 years and Earth is invaded by aliens that look like him and eat everything.

  30. The Big Catnap

    September 16, 1989 Season 2, no. 202-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon tells Herman Post- the Mailman- how for the past several years Garfield has tricked Jon into giving Garfield cookies Jon's Mom sends Jon once a year.

  31. The Great Getaway

    September 23, 1989 Season 2, no. 203-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield follows Jon on a trip to New York City and tries to prevent a female pickpocket from stealing from Jon. The pickpocket is arrested by Agent Feldman.

  32. Hansel & Garfield

    September 23, 1989 Season 2, no. 203-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield tells Nermal a story similar to Hansel and Gretel...

  33. The Sludge Monster

    September 23, 1989 Season 2, no. 204-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield, Jon and Odie visit a motel where Jon tells them a tall tale about the Sludge Monster.

  34. Heatwave Holiday

    September 23, 1989 Season 2, no. 204-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    A massive heat wave has Garfield, Jon and Odie longing for cooler times. With some ingenuity, they imagine its really Christmas. The other people of the town become aware of this idea and c…

  35. One Good Fern Deserves Another

    September 30, 1989 Season 2, no. 205-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield eats Jon's fern and Jon gets angry and goes to the flower shop to buy a new one.

  36. The Black Book

    September 30, 1989 Season 2, no. 205-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon is upset with his unlucky-in-love status. He tells Garfield to hide his black book, but Jon can't make up his mind if he wants it back or not...

  37. The Legend Of The Lake

    September 30, 1989 Season 2, no. 206-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield acts as a museum tour guide and explains the story of lake Stupid and the cat that wanted to swim to the island with the lasagna trees.

  38. Health Feud

    September 30, 1989 Season 2, no. 206-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon tries to get in shape. Garfield and Jon go to Rick Deltoid's Gym, where they work out. Garfield switches the cue cards in the alley of the WBOR-TV Studio, thus causing Deltoid to make a…

  39. Binky Gets Cancelled!

    October 7, 1989 Season 2, no. 207-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Binky's ratings are down, which causes the head of WBOR to cancel his show, and replacing it with a bland boring show. Jon wants to redo his house and hires a contractor, only to find out t…

  40. Cutie And The Beast

    October 7, 1989 Season 2, no. 207-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Nermal comes to visit, which annoys Garfield. While Nermal sleeps, Garfield messes up his face and urges Nermal to go out in public showing people how cute he is. Nermal is tricked into thi…

  41. The Lasagna Zone

    October 7, 1989 Season 2, no. 208-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon buys a satellite dish. Garfield tries to fix the reception while holding lasagna and gets trapped inside some TV shows. Odie is frightened as he holds the remote and changes channels.

  42. Yojumbo

    October 7, 1989 Season 2, no. 208-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon, Garfield and Liz go out on a date. A bully harasses Jon in front of Liz forcing him to take Karate. The bully is arrested when Liz calls the police.

  43. Pros And Cons

    October 14, 1989 Season 2, no. 209-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon is upset with Odie after he fails to bring back the groceries. Using play money from a board game, Garfield and Jon play a trick that makes a fool out of Odie.

  44. Lights! Camera! Garfield!

    October 14, 1989 Season 2, no. 209-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield becomes a stunt cat in a film, but ends up not liking it.

  45. Polecat Flats

    October 14, 1989 Season 2, no. 210-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield imagines that he is a man named Polecat Flats and will disconnect a bridge to make a flowing river to the country.

  46. Brain Boy

    October 14, 1989 Season 2, no. 210-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield, Jon and Odie visit Jon's cousin Al and his son Roscoe. Roscoe is mean to Garfield, but Garfield gets his revenge.

  47. Maine Course

    October 21, 1989 Season 2, no. 211-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Jon is sent a live lobster from his relatives in Maine. Jon names the lobster Therm, after his favorite dish, lobster thermadore. They keep him as a pet, but after Therm gets sick, Garfield…

  48. Attack Of The Mutant Guppies

    October 21, 1989 Season 2, no. 211-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Nermal wants to feed his pet guppy fish. Garfield tells him the story of mutant guppies. Nermal gets scared thinking they really exist. Garfield takes Nermal down to the sewer to show it's…

  49. Robodie

    October 21, 1989 Season 2, no. 212-A TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Odie is abducted by a crazed inventor Dr. Garbanzo Bean, who wants to make a robotic dog modeled after him. Jon and Garfield rescue Odie.

  50. Video Victim

    October 21, 1989 Season 2, no. 212-C TV Episode Lee Mendelson Films, Paws, Inc., Film Roman

    Garfield is tired of being disturbed by Jon vacuuming when he's watching TV. Jon makes him a deal: he spends a whole day without TV, and he will give up using the vacuum cleaner. Garfield r…